D4Science is a Data Infrastructure offering services by community-driven virtual research environments . In particular, it supports communities of practice willing to implement open science practices . The infrastructure follows the system of systems approach , where the constituent systems (Service providers) offer “resources” (namely services and by them data, computing, storage) assembled together to implement the overall set of D4Science services. In particular, D4Science aggregates “domain agnostic” service providers as well as community-specific ones to build a unifying space where the aggregated resources can be exploited via Virtual research Environments and their services.
11-528: It is spread across several sites, the primary one is hosted by the Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione of National Research Council (Italy) . At the earth of this infrastructure there is an Open Source Software named gCube system . D4Science offers: The D4Science Infrastructure serves more than 24,000 registered users (August 2024) through 177 active VREs offered via 20 Science gateways . This extensive infrastructure not only supports
22-585: A diverse range of scientific communities but also fosters significant engagement and collaboration among researchers worldwide. Engagement within the D4Science community is robust, with users benefiting from user-friendly application environments tailored to their specific needs. The platform allows users to securely preserve, access, and share their data from anywhere, fostering a collaborative and inclusive research environment. Additionally, groups of users can create their own virtual environments and customise them with
33-418: A very solid expertise and reputation in the design and deployment of CS infrastructures and in technology transfer activities oriented towards industry or the public administration. In addition, ISTI is strongly involved in didactics, at bachelor, masters and PhD levels. Many ISTI researchers hold courses or seminars in national universities or abroad. The institute is organized in six major research themes and
44-623: Is an institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) . The institute is located in the CNR research area in the Ghezzano Province of Pisa about 5 km from San Giuliano Terme . The institute was founded in 2002 as a merge of two previous CNR institutes: Istituto CNUCE and Istituto di Elaborazione dell’Informazione (IEI). The institute is named in honor of Alessandro Faedo , former President of CNR and former rector of
55-567: The Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development was the forerunner where a testbed infrastructure built by integrating digital library and grid computing technologies and resources was conceived and developed to serve the needs of communities of practice involved in knowledge development. In the context of the Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration
66-530: The University of Pisa , for his important contributions to the development of Computer Science in Italy. The mission of the institute is producing scientific excellence and playing an active role in technology transfer in the field of Computer Science. In 2022 the research staff of the institute counts more than 120 researchers and a total staff (including PhD students and fellows) of around 230. Since 1 April 2019
77-585: The ISTI director is Roberto Scopigno. ISTI is affiliated to the CNR Dept. of Engineering, Information, Communication, Energy and Transportation Technologies (DIITET). The main aim of ISTI-CNR is to advance science in the domain of computing and related technologies. ISTI collaborates with many universities and research institutions at both national and international levels. Collaborations are often related to specific research projects and consortiums. The Institute also has
88-590: The applications they need, further enhancing the platform's flexibility and usability. Supported communities and cases range from Agri-food to Social Data Science , Earth Science and Marine Science . These diverse applications demonstrate the versatility and broad applicability of the D4Science Infrastructure, making it an invaluable resource for researchers across various scientific domains. The D4Science development has been supported by several European-funded projects. DILIGENT (2004-2007) in
99-556: The development of the D4Science initiative. In this period the infrastructure was established and developed to serve communities of practices from domains ranging from Earth Science to Marine Science with worldwide scope In the context of the H2020 research and innovation programme the maturity level of the D4Science infrastructure was high enough to allow a large and very diverse set of communities of practice to benefit from it and its services and further contribute to its development. Moreover,
110-437: The services offered by the infrastructure have been developed to support open science practices. The operation and improvement of the D4Science infrastructure facilities are still ongoing while its exploitation is progressively growing. Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell%27Informazione The "Alessandro Faedo" Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione ( Institute of Information Science and Technologies )
121-403: The subsequent 13 research laboratories: ISTI is intensively contributing to Open Source and Open Science policies, with the design and implementation of more than thirty software packages and tools, like, for example, the open source molecular visualization software QuteMol , the 3D mesh processing system MeshLab , the gCube system for developing Data infrastructures . It is leading
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